Taking into consideration the needs of the recovering Greek economy and aiming to bring in much-needed revenue, the Greek government is examining expanding the current golden visa scheme to include investments in shares and bonds, first announced in 2017.

Greece has become one of the most lucrative markets for Chinese property investors, as the extremely low prices of land, coupled with one of Europe’s most generous “golden visa” schemes, which provides a renewable five-year residence permit in exchange for a 250,000 euro investment in real estate are not easy to pass up.

Enterprise Greece is currently handling more than 20 mature requests by investors looking for opportunities in Greece, in areas such as tourism, real estate, foods and logistics, Enterprise Greece executive Grigoris Stergioulis told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency in an interview.